What if fuzzy hashing algorithms were usable through a common API,the same way that Python's hashlib exposes secure hash and message digestalgorithms? This is the question fuzzyhashlib attempts to answer by providinga hashlib-like interface to:

The information in this section is also provided under fuzzyhashlib's sourcetree under 'NOTICES'.

ssdeep------ssdeep was written by Jesse Kornblum of the ManTech InternationalCorporation, with acknowledged contributions by Jason Sherman andtesting by the Computer Science Department at the University ofIowa. Compiled libraries built from unmodified ssdeep source,version 2.13, are installed as part of this package. The originalsource code for this version of ssdeep available from: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ssdeep/ssdeep-2.13/ssdeep-2.13.tar.gz

ssdeep is open source software and is licensed under GPLv2.

sdhash------sdhash was written by Vassil Roussev and Candice Quates. Compiledlibraries built from unmodified sdhash source, version 3.4, areinstalled are installed as part of this package. The originalsource code for this version of sdhash is available from: http://github.com/sdhash/sdhash